Posted on 07/19/2025 6:06:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted another senior adviser amid a staffing shakeup at the Pentagon.
Justin Fulcher, who started at the Defense Department as a member of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and was promoted to senior adviser in April, left the department on Saturday, reported CBS News.
His departure comes after Fulcher found himself at the center of two Pentagon controversies, according to the Washington Post.
Fulcher claimed that his departure is 'perfectly amicable' and he only planned to work in the government for six months.
'Working alongside the dedicated men and women of the Department of Defense has been incredibly inspiring,' Fulcher said.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said it was 'not fair' to describe Fulcher's exit as a firing and called him a 'great guy.'
The Defense Department released a statement on behalf of Fulcher stating, 'As planned, I've completed six months of service in government to my country.
'Working alongside the dedicated men and women of the Department of Defense has been incredibly inspiring.'
His departure comes just days after The Post published a report describing a tense meeting between Fulcher and the Pentagon's DOGE team lead, Yinon Weiss, before Fulcher's promotion.
Fulcher stormed out of the meeting and got Hegseth involved, according to the report.
Fulcher allegedly told Hegseth that he thought the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, an internal police and security organization, was looking for him.
That appeared to upset Hegseth and sources claimed he confronted Weiss about it, even raising his voice at times.
Weiss denied calling law enforcement and told Hegseth that he had reported Fulcher to a government official with the Defense Department transition office.
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CBS is twisting the story. He wasn’t fired. He worked for Doge and had a 6 month stint to do. He completed his job and is now leaving.
That is a boring explanation. Let’s make it into a scandal instead.
He probably told the guys in the Pentagon to stop spending money on UFOs. I am sure that was it. Aliens. UFOs. Flying monkeys. And strippers.
//sarcasm
Some doofus freeper who signs his name with 'L' keeps telling me "wELL iF YoU'rE s0 sMaRt, WhY doN't y0U woRK FoR tHe WhIte HousE?"
I keep trying to tell this old fart that when BABIES of this caliber work for our government, I'd never be hired. Nor would I put up with people in this important of a position in our national security, thus I wouldn't make it a week there.
These are supposedly grown men.
JUST FIRE ALL REGISTERED DEMOCRATS FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGANCIES!!!
> Aliens. UFOs. Flying monkeys. And strippers. <
Don’t forget Climate Change. The wild weather swings are driving Secretary Hegseth insane. I heard that he now has cartoon nicknames for all the fleet carriers.
Crazy stuff.
Doge goes too far. Read my tagline.
Always with the drama.
Think we can throw in a little espionage as well? Makes it really spicy!
That would be a start. It’s the ones who don’t obviously self-identify as enemies of the constitution that would need to be tracked down and kicked-out next. They are even more dangerous than the publicly known demo-commies.
Agreed.
BTW...I was not paying attention, apparently...I spelled "agencies" incorrectly!
What can we do to make this a scandal?
What miserable cretins the desperate media are.
Read my tagline.
Sorry, wrong thread.
I’m pretty sure I heard Tony Schaffer on Newsmax HINT that there may have been some of Trump’s newly appointed staff who were in on the scheme somehow.
I hope I am wrong and I hope I misunderstood Tony.
I’m pretty sure I heard Tony Schaffer on Newsmax HINT that there may have been some of Trump’s newly appointed staff who were in on the scheme involving the meeting of Biden, Clapper, Brennan, et al, somehow.
I hope I am wrong and I hope I misunderstood Tony.
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